Huijbergen / Huibergen

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: "I found the Huijbergen font back in the chapel of the cloister of the Brothers of Huijbergen, also called the Wilhelmite Order (Congregatio Fratrum Huijbergensis) on Boomstraat 7, Huijbergen, Netherlands, 4635 C. Maybe the font is 17th century, contrary to literature that states 16th." [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23733HUI
Church/Chapel: Rooms Katholieke Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk [destroyed]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Boomstraat 1, 4635 CX Huibergen, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 164 642 650
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Noord-Brabant
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N125, in the municipality of Woensdrecht, 9-10 km SE of Bergen op Zoom, 25 km N of Antwerp
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Breda
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th - 17th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: original church probably ca, 1270; re-built and consecrated 1646; re-built 1916; destroyed in 1944, WWII; new church built 1952
The Voorloopige lijst der Nederlandsche monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst. Deel X. De provincie Noord-Brabant, Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, Den Haag / A. Oosthoek, Utrecht 1931 reported an octagonal bluestone baptismal font of the 15th century with a copper cover of the 18th century in this church. The church was destroyed during the 1944 'liberation bombing'. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 3 February 2022) noted that he could not find a trace of the font of the destroyed church of Huijbergen. A further communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 September 2023) informs: "I found the Huijbergen font back in the chapel of the cloister of the Brothers of Huijbergen, also called the Wilhelmite Order (Congregatio Fratrum Huijbergensis) on Boomstraat 7, Huijbergen, Netherlands, 4635 C. Maybe the font is 17th century, contrary to literature that states 16th."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 595543 5698818

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th century?
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]